Ashoka University of India signed an MoU with Yunus Centre to establish Yunus Social Business Centre (YSBC) at the university.
Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus signed the MoU on behalf of Yunus Centre recently during his India visit.
Ashoka is the 50th university which signed MoU in order to establish an YSBC; other YSBCs in 49 universities are located across 28 countries.
Ashoka is a private university aimed at giving world class education with social orientation. The YSBC will bring social business courses and practice into the curiculum of the university. There are two global events around the social business academia network each year to review and brainstorm on the development of the field.
Professor Yunus delivered a public lecture on the ‘Role of education in changing the world’, where people of different sections of society attended. Professor Muhammad Yunus also conducted a masterclass on social business at Ashoka Universiy where students and faculties attended with much enthusiasm. Professor Yunus also planted a tree at the campus premise to mark the formal launching of the centre.
Earlier a dinner was hosted in honour of Professor Yunus at the residence of the French ambassador to India, Mr Alexandre Ziegler. The ambassador welcomed Professor Yunus and introduced to him about 50 CEOs of leading French companies who are operating in India and business leaders of India who are interested in social business idea. Professor Yunus addressed the gathering updating them on the participation of large companies in France and India in social businesses. He also answered their questions.
The ambassador expressed his thanks to Professor Yunus for playing an important role in bringing Olympic 2024 to Paris, and congratulated him for receiving the honorary citizenship of Paris. French ambassador proposed to make this get-together an annual event to bring the French and Indian business community together to get involved in social business; he would like to host such an event if Professor Yunus would agree to attend it.
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